expand现在分词

1. 扩张，扩展，发展
2. 扩大，扩充
3. 详述，详细阐明，细谈
4. 使扩张，使变大
5. （使）增长，（使）增加
6. （使）膨胀
7. 变得和蔼可亲
8. 延伸
9. 使发展
10. 【释】扩编
11. 【数】展开
12. 感到心旷神怡，热情洋溢
13. 变开朗；（谈吐）放开
14. 伸展，伸开，展开
15. 推广开来

1. extend in one or more directions;

   "The dough expands"
   

2. become larger in size or volume or quantity;

   "his business expanded rapidly"
   

3. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;

   "expand the house by adding another wing"
   

4. grow vigorously;

   "The deer population in this town is thriving"
   "business is booming"
   

5. exaggerate or make bigger;

   "The charges were inflated"
   

6. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

   "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
   

7. expand the influence of;

   "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
   

1.扩充;扩大;增加
If somethingexpands oris expanded, it becomes larger.

e.g. Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected...
工程师注意到管道并没有如预期那样膨胀。
e.g. The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September...
截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了14.6％。

2.扩大；发展；扩展
If something such as a business, organization, or serviceexpands, or if youexpand it, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities.

e.g. The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century...
到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。
e.g. The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able toexpand or stay in business...
利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营。

相关词组：expand on

• expand armaments扩充军备
• expand the chest使胸腔扩展
• expand contact扩大交往
• expand drainage capacity增强排水能力
• expand influence扩大影响
• expand market扩大市场
• expand production扩大生产
• expand ranks扩大队伍
• expand ties扩大联系
• expand view阐述观点

• expand constantly〔gradually〕日益扩大
• expand fully充分地扩张
• expand greatly大大扩大
• expand out扩展
• expand rapidly迅速发展
• expand steadily稳定地发展

• expand by因…而扩大
• expand from...to...从…增加到
• expand in在…中发展
• expand into扩大成
• expand into an industrial city发展成工业城市
• expand on进一步阐述,详谈
• expand on a problem对某个问题加以阐述
• expand upon根据…阐述

• Sicily then lay expanded like a map beneath our eyes.

  出自：Leigh Hunt

• He..expanded his mouth in a significant smirk.

  出自：O. Manning

1. expand的意思是“扩大,扩张”,指事物在范围、规模、体积或大小尺寸上的扩大,侧重于“扩展”和“发展”,引申可指“详尽阐述”。
2. expand既可用作及物动词,又可用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时可接名词或代词作宾语。
3. expand在口语里还可表示“变得亲切友好,变得乐于交谈”,这种用法多见于英式英语。